Children Quote by Bernardo Bertolucci

I definitely didn't want children, because my childhood was not a very happy time.

— Cornelia Parker

“Whichever way I went, there would be sadness and a sense of loss. Was this a part of growing up—the agony of making such…

— Anonymous

Having kids reminded me why I didn't want to have kids.

— Anonymous

I grew up thinking, 'You go to university, you get your degree, you get a job, you get married and then you have a…

— KT Tunstall

I was an unhappy child, and that puts me off having a child of my own.

— Meg Cabot

I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd wanted children, it would have been difficult.

— Jeanette Winterson

Children are still the way you were as a child, sad and happy in just the same way-and if you think of your childhood,…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

I didn't have children, but I never wanted children.

— Iris Apfel

[On deciding not to have children:] Yes, there is a little sadness ... But there's also a little sadness around the fact I may…

— Henriette Mantel

I am so happy that I didn't have children. Well, you know, because I've had freedom.

— Helen Mirren

I am so happy that I didn't have children. Well, you know, because I've had freedom. And I've so loved my freedom.

— Helen Mirren

“As it happens, there are many reasons why I don’t have children: I am very good at birth control; though I love children and…

— Rebecca Solnit